Elder Care News 04/2007 (Page 8)

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JOLIET -- Joshua Arms Senior Residences in Joliet has completed the renovation of 56 supportive-living apartments. (Apr 29, 2007)

The inaugural Palm Springs Senior Fest on Saturday offered free food and music to about 100 senior citizens who showed up. (Apr 29, 2007)

U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, a Loveland Republican, is the senior senator from Colorado. As health care costs continue to rise, more American families face problems accessing quality health care. Many Coloradans have shared with me their concerns about the high costs of their health care and lack of available options. In January, I was appointed to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, ... (Apr 29, 2007)

A Rocky Mount police officer remains in intensive care after an accident Sunday that injured two others. (Apr 30, 2007)

The ElderCare Rights Alliance is hosting a half-day program aimed at empowering the state's elderly as they manage issues of long-term care. (Apr 30, 2007)

A Louisville-based nonprofit organization has presented plans for a $25.4 million senior-housing facility just off Shelbyville Road in Lyndon. Grandview Care Inc. is seeking to build a facility with 100 licensed personal-care beds. (Apr 30, 2007)

Interventions by home-based care service providers should be well coordinated with clear and open dialogue between local implementation partners, it has been advised. (Apr 30, 2007)

Residents can join Elder Care Services in celebrating seniors week at 10 a.m. Wednesday during the "Big Wheels Deliver Meals" outreach. More than 450 volunteers help make the rounds Monday through Friday, and attendees will have a chance to meet some of them and make deliveries. Interested residents are asked to make two to three deliveries, which would take a total of one and a half to two ... (Apr 30, 2007)

If any good resulted from the many changes in laws affecting seniors and the disabled in the past two years, one fallout from the confusion is a return to considering the basics. For most individuals and families, three pivotal questions hold the key. (Apr 30, 2007)

FAYETTEVILLE -- Despite his lack of eye-popping statistics this season, Arkansas senior first baseman Danny Hamblin still has plenty of street credibility in the Southeastern Conference. (Apr 30, 2007)

A CARE home worker has been accused of punching a frail elderly woman patient in the stomach. Police quizzed Jamie Ross after a colleague reported him to bosses. (Apr 30, 2007)

Health Management Associates, Inc. announced today that its senior management will give a presentation at Deutsche Bank's 32nd Annual Health Care Conference to be held May 2-4, 2007, at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC. (Apr 30, 2007)

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.----Immunicon Corporation announced today that Byron D. Hewett, its President and Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to make a presentation on company activities at the Deutsche Bank Securities 32nd Annual Health Care Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 2007 at 1:45 p.m. (Apr 30, 2007)

Two applicants, an adult day care program and a program that uses art to prevent delinquency and drug use, will be considered as the next tenants of the former senior center building on Sang Avenue. (Northwest Arkansas Times) (Apr 30, 2007)

CHAMPAIGN – Stronger families and senior citizens are top priorities in the new grants announced today by the Champaign County United Way. Nearly 60 agencies across the county will share $1.1 million in funding this year. They include grants to 13 new programs providing health care to the indigent, meals for the elderly and services to homeless families, among other needs. About $40,000 was set ... (Apr 30, 2007)

April 30, 2007 – Senior citizens and disabled Americans discover a host of problems, including unanticipated costs and barriers to getting care, when they get sick and need care through their Medicare private health plans, according to a new report from the Medicare Rights Center. (Apr 30, 2007)

May is Older Americans Month, a celebration of the wisdom and love our elders provide, and the ideal time for the launch of Second 1/2, The Concierge Club for Seniors. Recently introduced by 2 Places At 1 Time concierge service, Second 1/2 is a comprehensive elder care service designed to keep seniors in their own homes as long as possible. (Apr 30, 2007)

The film-directing career of Kevin Macdonald (best known today for The Last King of Scotland) did not get off to the most auspicious of starts. In the early 1990s he was dismissed as the director of Shallow Grave by the producer – his elder brother, Andrew. (May 1, 2007)

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